ADvine

What ADvine does

ADvine is a full-service digital marketing agency headquartered in Fresno, California, founded in April 2017 by the Ryan family. The firm serves small to mid-size businesses — primarily across the Fresno, Clovis, and Central Valley region, with selected clients statewide and a secondary Vero Beach, Florida office — and explicitly markets itself on being fully in-house: all design, web development, social media, videography, photography, and AI optimization are performed by ADvine employees rather than subcontractors. Service lines span content creation (social media management, video production, photography, graphic design, brand management), paid media (Google Ads, traditional media, media strategy & buying, influencer marketing), and digital presence (web design, AI Optimization / AEO). The agency operates a "Built by Humans: Enhanced with AI" model, integrating third-party AI tools — Adobe Generative Fill, Canva Magic Studio, Relume AI, Gemini Pro, Cline AI, and Veo 3 — into production workflows, and offers AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) as a billable service to make client businesses legible to ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Bing Copilot, and Google AI Overviews.

The company's revenue model blends recurring monthly retainers (social media management, Google Ads management, AEO) with project-based fees (web design, video production, photography, graphic design, brand development, traditional media buys), with all pricing custom and quote-based following a free strategy session. Go-to-market is hybrid: direct outreach via phone, website contact forms, and in-person consultations at the Fresno office, supplemented by an inbound content funnel built on a blog, a curated Google Business Profile, an active social presence across Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Vimeo, and earned media through Fresno Bee Best of Central California awards, Three Best Rated listings, Clutch Top Company awards, and Google Partner status. The named customer base spans at least 25 SMB logos across restaurants, healthcare, hospitality, home services, retail, and nonprofits, and the firm claims 60+ industries served with over 111 five-star reviews.

Ownership and operations are tightly held: ADvine is a private, family-owned, bootstrapped business with no disclosed institutional investors, no funding rounds, and no M&A activity. Leadership is dominated by the Ryan family — Layne Ryan (CEO), Dyllon Ryan (CMO), and Trevor Ryan (Business Development) — alongside COO Danielle Netzel and functional leads across operations, multimedia, web design, and business development. The agency has no subsidiaries, no patents or trademarks on file, no app or API product, and no disclosed regulatory actions, framing it as a regional services business rather than a venture-scale platform.

Name

ADvine

Legal name

ADvine Agency

Website

https://advineagency.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ADvine is a Fresno, California-based full-service digital marketing agency founded in 2017 that serves small to mid-size businesses across the Central Valley and California, delivering in-house social media management, web design, video production, photography, Google Ads, brand management, and AI search optimization on custom monthly retainers and project fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Marketing Services

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (54181), Media Buying Agencies (54183)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Marketing Technology, AdTech & MarTech Services (BPAFAAAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Brand Advertising (Broadcast/Online Commercials) (MPADAEAA)

Keywords

• Digital marketing services
• Social media management
• Web design services
• Answer engine optimization
• Media buying services

Headquarters

HQ city

Fresno

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Social Media Management: Ongoing social media marketing and management services including content creation, posting, engagement monitoring, and performance reporting. Typically structured as a recurring monthly retainer.
2. Web Design & Development: Website design, redesign, and development services including mobile-friendly custom websites, SEO optimization, e-commerce capabilities, ADA compliance, and AI/LLM optimization. One-time project-based or ongoing retainer.
3. Photography & Videography: Professional photography (drone, product, food, events, headshots, real estate) and video production services (commercials, social media content, brand storytelling). Project-based pricing.
4. Google Ads Management: Paid search advertising management on Google. Services include campaign setup, keyword strategy, ad copy, and ongoing optimization. Typically structured as a managed service retainer.
5. Graphic Design: Design services for brochures, menus, signage, point-of-sale materials, branding, logos, and promotional materials. Project-based pricing.
6. Media Strategy & Buying: Traditional and digital media strategy development and ad placement across broadcast TV, cable, radio, outdoor, print, and direct mail. Includes negotiating media purchases and monitoring activation.
7. AI Search Optimization (AEO/GEO): Answer Engine Optimization services to improve visibility in AI search results including ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Bing Copilot. Includes technical audits, schema markup, content restructuring, and trust-signal citation building.
8. Brand Management: Brand identity development and management including logo design, packaging, brand guidelines, and cohesive branding across all platforms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

ADvine is a full-service, in-house digital marketing and advertising agency based in Fresno, California. It sells and delivers integrated marketing services including social media management, Google Ads, video production, photography, web design, AI search optimization (AEO), graphic design, brand management, media strategy and buying, and traditional media. The agency serves primarily local small and mid-sized businesses across more than 60 industries, with all creative, production, and development work performed by ADvine employees rather than outsourced.

Product overview

ADvine is a full-service digital advertising and marketing agency based in Fresno, CA, founded in April 2017. The company offers a comprehensive suite of marketing services rather than a software product. Services are organized into content creation (Social Media Marketing, Video Production, Photography, Graphic Design), advertising (Google Ads, Traditional Media, Media Strategy & Buying, Influencer Marketing), and digital presence (Web Design, Brand Management, AI Optimization/AEO). The agency emphasizes an integrated approach where services work together—social media content is created by combining the social media team's creative insight with the multimedia team's production capabilities. Web design integrates with SEO strategy and AI optimization to maximize online visibility. The company also offers specialized AI search optimization services to help businesses appear in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and other AI platform results.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Social Media Marketing and Management Full-service social media management including content creation, posting, engagement monitoring, and strategy across Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube, with daily account monitoring and 3-5 posts per week for managed clients.
• Google Ads Management Pay-per-click advertising management on Google search, including campaign setup, keyword strategy, ad copy, and ongoing optimization under a managed service retainer, delivered by a Google Partner-certified team.
• AI Optimization (AEO) Answer Engine Optimization services that fine-tune a business's online presence for compatibility with Large Language Models, including technical access fixes (robots.txt), structured schema markup, answer-style content writing, and consistent business listings across AI-referenced directories.
• Video Production Full-service video marketing from strategic pre-planning through post-production, including commercials, social media content, and storytelling videos, produced in-house with advanced AI tools such as Veo 3.
• Photography Services Professional photography covering drone, product, food, events, headshots, and real estate shoots, delivered in-house by ADvine's multimedia team.
• Brand Management Brand identity development and ongoing consistency management including logo design, packaging, digital campaigns, in-store displays, and brand guidelines across all platforms.
• Graphic Design Visual design services for brochures, menus, signage, point-of-sale materials, logos, and promotional materials, produced in-house by ADvine designers.
• Web Design Custom website design and development optimized for search engines and AI's Large Language Models, including responsive and mobile-friendly designs, redesigns, ADA compliance, and e-commerce capabilities.
• Media Strategy & Buying
• Traditional Media
• Influencer Marketing Strategic curation of partnerships with social media micro-influencers to showcase client brands to specific, dedicated audiences and expand local visibility beyond traditional advertising.

Quantifiable outcome

• Small business grew approximately 30% in one calendar year
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers26 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability8 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• SmartSites: Full-service digital agency providing web design, SEO, PPC, and social media to SMBs. Comparable integrated offering and small-business customer profile.
• Boostability: SEO-focused digital marketing agency serving small businesses with local SEO, content, and web design. Closely mirrors ADvine's local SEO and AI optimization offerings.
• KlientBoost: Performance marketing agency specializing in PPC, paid social, and landing-page CRO. Comparable service line to ADvine's Google Ads management and paid media capabilities.
• Thrive Internet Marketing Agency: Full-service digital agency offering web design, SEO, social media, PPC, and reputation management to SMBs. Directly comparable to ADvine's integrated service stack and SMB focus.
• Disruptive Advertising: PPC and digital marketing agency providing paid media, social, and CRO services to mid-market clients. Overlap with ADvine in Google Ads management, paid media, and campaign execution.
• WebFX: Full-service digital marketing agency offering SEO, PPC, social media, web design, and content marketing to SMB and mid-market clients. Comparable to ADvine in service breadth and target customer profile, though larger in scale.
• LYFE Marketing: Social media marketing agency offering content creation, account management, and paid social to SMBs. Directly comparable to ADvine's social media management service line.
• Power Digital Marketing: Full-service performance marketing agency combining SEO, paid media, content, and creative services. Comparable offering mix and SMB-to-mid-market segment alignment with ADvine.

Broad incumbents

• HubSpot (Agency Partner ecosystem): Large-scale CRM and marketing platform with an agency partner program that trains and certifies SMB-serving agencies. ADvine's full-service SMB focus aligns with the partner ecosystem's target market.

Emerging players

• Directive: B2B-focused performance marketing agency with strong SEO and paid media capabilities. Adjacent to ADvine's AEO and paid media services, though more B2B in customer mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC-kuFUyqwcX1cCdsYaYA18A
• Facebookfacebook.com/advineagency
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/advineagency
• Instagraminstagram.com/advine_agency
• TikToktiktok.com/@advinecrew

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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